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Monetary Freedom and Accountability Act
March 2002 by Staff
U.S. Representative Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas, introduced legislation designed to curb the ability of the president and the treasury secretary to manipulate gold prices.Finding Diamond Deposits With Your PC—Part II
As you search for cryptovolcanic structures in Colorado and Wyoming look to see if the anomaly has white soil. If the anomaly lies within a forest of pines, often the depression will occur in a distinct treeless area outlined by aspens and willows.
A Hairsbreadth from Death
Few countries in the world can claim as lengthy a mining legacy as the Cornish of southwest England. Cornwall, a county situated at the farthest tip of the country at the edge of the Atlantic ocean, has been mined for tin deposits since the Bronze Age, 2100-1500 BC.
Working the Belmont Mine—1953 (Part 3—Conclusion)
Tuesday morning started off much like Monday except Jack wasn’t packing a bunch of drill bits. We wandered off toward the bottom of the raise, adjusted our bed boards, had a cup of coffee from our buckets, and smoked a cigarette. Then Jack stretched, stood up, and remarked, “Guess I might as well go up and see what it looks like. You wait here for now. When I call down, send up a section of ladder and eight laggings.”
Surging Gold Prices Add Luster to Nevada's No. 2 Industry
Higher gold prices helped boost Nevada’s mining industry in 2003 despite a decline in production for the third straight year.
BLM Wants to Withdraw South Pass Public Land
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to close off nearly 5,000 acres of public land on South Pass for the next two years while a plan is developed for designating portions of Sweetwater River as wild and scenic.
California State Gold Panning Championships September 1-2, 2007
Ready, Set, Go! The stopwatch clicks on and the panner starts like being fired out of a cannon. It’s the Labor Day weekend and the State Championships are on their way.
The Investigation
Six sticks of dynamite had been found in the glove compartment of an abandoned car back in 1972. This started an investigation by every level of law enforcement, including the federal government, in the Silver City, New Mexico area.
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The Bawl Mill
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• Silver Strike in Happy Camp, California
• Gold in New Hampshire
• Fabled 1933 Gold Coin Up For Sale
• The Douglas Creek Placer District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming
• Picks & Pans: The California State Nugget
• Aerial Photos
• Mojave Desert Placer Mining
• Mining Camp Adventures—The Collinsville-Twin Creek Goldfields
• Company Notes
• North Korea Seeks Outside Help to Modernize Mining
• Aussie Gold—A Look at Tasmania
• Looking Back
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
